Pad for lower limbs.



N. MATRAGOS.

PAD FOR LOWER LIMBS.

APPLICATIQN HLED H18. 19. L917.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

NICK MATRAGOS, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

PAD FOR LOWER LIMBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Application filed February 19, 1917. Serial No. 149,613.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICK MATRAGOS, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pads for Lower Limbs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a pad for giving contour to the lower limbs and especially adapted for giving shape and size to the lower limbs of feminine theatrical performers.

Heretofore pads, shapers 0r plumpers for filling out or accentuating the contour of the lower limbs have been used but in all such instances separate pads for each muscle to be accentuated have been used. These pads were usually of cotton batting or hair formed into shape and inclosed in fabric coverings. They were either slipped directly in the stocking or were slipped into rigid leather or paste board fillers placed in the stocking.

Inasmuch as the lower limbs usually differ materially in shape or contour from the normal or artistic leg, and as all limbs do not differ in the same respect, it is obvious that each individual leg has heretofore been built up with a plurality of fillers. When these fillers were placed in the stocking no secure way of holding them to place has been devised and in consequence in dancing or walking the pads shift and give to the limb a grotesque and comical appearance.

It is the main object of my present invention to devise a filler or pad in shell form which has been previously molded to the accepted shape of a normal, artistically correct leg and which filler or pad may be readily placed on the leg and held to position thereon by the stocking and an auxiliary fastening at the top of said pad or filler.

The nature and scope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower limbs on one of which the pad or filler is secured to position and from one of which the pad has been removed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pad or filler opened for application to the leg of the wearer, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper end of the pad or filler, closed and ready for tying to position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a sheet of stiffened or sized fabric which is placed in a heated mold so as to be shaped as shown namely, the body tapers toward each end having a rounded intermediate portion 2, a sharply tapered lower portion 3 fitting the ankles, and a gradually tapered upper portion 4 terminating in a straight flange 5. The sheet when molded to form has two front edges 6 which meet but do not overlap. Around the flange 5 are drawn the two tapes 7 which cross at the front and are tfziieid at the back of the completed pad or The fabric preferred is stifi buckram or similar coarse fabric. The filler to be inserted on the leg is opened slightly and slipped to position and the stocking then drawn over the filler or pad. The material of the pad or filler is not rigid when in position on the leg but is relatively flexible like the flesh of the leg. The general shape or contour of the pad when molded is the same as that of the normal artistically correct leg.

Having thus described the nature and objeots of my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A pad or filler for lower limbs comprising a sheet of stifl'ened fabric, in the form of a hollow body having an intermediaterounded portion tapering sharply to the lower end and gradually to the upper end of the filler, said sheet having front meeting edges and a top straight flange, in combination with two tapes secured to the flange and overlapping each other and tied together on said flange at the rear of said filler.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

NICK MATRAGOS. 

